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Ads crave a night on the tiles; vintage chicken, avocado or contemporary stone effect?

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BogRollBOGOF · 29/11/2020 00:28

We might be craving tiles, but we'll leave the woodchip and artex alone unless we're feeling very brave...

Welcome into another thread covering the whole range of life and death, novelty vegetables, DIY, any other randomness and musings about a certain pandemic.

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BogRollBOGOF · 02/12/2020 07:48

My children definitely romp like puppies Grin

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Bollss · 02/12/2020 08:01

Hospitals have always been prime breeding ground for disease. They're busy and poorly staffed. They're not cleaned enough 90% of the time because again not enough staff. I doubt the gov would do anything about it. Why change now. I know of a few people tbh who have gone into hospital for something not life threatening, caught something Awful and then died.

Taswama · 02/12/2020 08:11

What does ifr stand for @LivinLaVidaLoki ?

I'm assuming risk of death?

ISaySteadyOn · 02/12/2020 08:12

@Iheartmysmart

Well talk about hypocrisy! My local MP voted for the tiers which is no surprise as he’s a twat, however he has an article in the local paper today asking people to send cards and letters to those who may be suffering from loneliness. You’ve just voted to extend the very reason for this you prize prick!
What an utter twit. Perhaps normal human interaction might help?

Isn't there a case to be made for normal interaction boosting the immune system somehow?

Sonicthehedgehogg · 02/12/2020 08:19

@Taswama

What does ifr stand for *@LivinLaVidaLoki* ?

I'm assuming risk of death?

Infection fatality ratio
Blobby10 · 02/12/2020 08:22

@BogRollBOGOF have you considered rugby for your son over football? I know its more physical than football but its much more inclusive than I ever found football teams to be - there are rules in place now which mean mini and junior teams (up to and incl u16s) have to give all players a specified amount of match time every week. Parents are more friendly too!

Pleasenomoreglitter · 02/12/2020 08:28

@Iheartmysmart

Well talk about hypocrisy! My local MP voted for the tiers which is no surprise as he’s a twat, however he has an article in the local paper today asking people to send cards and letters to those who may be suffering from loneliness. You’ve just voted to extend the very reason for this you prize prick!
Mine proudly tweeted a picture of his letter to Wanksock stating why he believed we shouldn't be in Tier 3 and how he would fight it - then abstained from the vote!
pearlypidge · 02/12/2020 08:36

Sadiq Khan is one of the worst offenders.

Constantly tweeting about how sad he is for shops and bars and restaurants - but yet a few weeks ago he was tweeting about how London needed to be fully locked down Confused

Reedwarbler · 02/12/2020 08:40

I keep up with events in Iceland and was reading their covid restrictions. You do not need to wear a mask if you have had covid and completed 14 days quarantine. This sounds eminently sensible, doesn't it? Why can't we have something like that here, instead of the farce we have, and an immune prime minister having to isolate a few weeks ago (and I still don't know why?). My god, can you imagine the outrage 'over there'. "My neighbour says she's had it, but I don't think she has" etc.
At least Iceland are treating their citizens as adults.

countrygirl99 · 02/12/2020 08:42

@bogrollbogoff the other advantage of junior rugby is that they don't have leagues. It's all either friendlies or 1 day round Robin competitions. DH used to coach junior rugby for Bedford when our boys played and found they were much more safety conscious than junior football clubs with regards to potential injury.

NeedWineNow · 02/12/2020 09:06

I am pleased to discover that our local MP, who was one of the Kent MPs who wrote to Matt Hancock about the unfairness of the Tier system in Kent, stuck to his guns and voted against the Government last night. He's a bit of a rising star and does tend to lean towards the party line so it is good to hear.

110APiccadilly · 02/12/2020 09:12

I see we've got a vaccine. Which is very good news if we can be allowed to use it sensibly to protect the vulnerable without trying to force people who don't want it to have it.

Was amused by someone in the Other Place explaining that the reason this vaccine's happened quickly is because it's been freed from red tape. Umm... that is precisely what those of us with concerns are concerned about. I want the development of pharmaceuticals that I might stick in my body to have a certain amount of red tape.

ISaySteadyOn · 02/12/2020 09:18

I was pleased that even some Labour MPs voted against. I didn't expect that.

And agree about red tape entirely.

Theredjellybean · 02/12/2020 09:21

@pearlypidge

Yes... Sadiq is the nastiest hipocrit (sorry spelling dodgy at best)..

He seems to forgotten his howling for full punitive lockdown as London hospitals were overwhelmed and we were all killing grannies if we stepped foot outside.

It was rubbish.. London hospitals mostly have low cases as in patients and plenty of icu beds.
Now he is all... Oh the hospitality industry woe is me...
But he is a complete player... And we all know what job the mayor's of London think they should and are entitled to!

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BogRollBOGOF · 02/12/2020 09:38

Rugby could be interesting. He's certainly not afraid of contact with DS1 Grin
It might help with the team sport but not be trying too hard to copy and fit with the others which can often fail.

It's a pain being in limbo waiting for things to restart. Our lives had enough in them before March, and it's awkward trying to work out what there is space for.

The "it's only a few months" Dementors clearly don't know what it feels like to be a struggling 7yo. Funnily, I've been there at the same age due to moving house late in the summer term. Didn't manage to make friends before the summer holidays then spent them isolated living out of catchment away from other children and it took along, long time to build friendships and find footholes. It's liberating being an adult with more social freedom. I work on the logic that if I crack on with being me, that's a good filter to find the people that I will click with. In the closed environment of school where most friendships are made, that doesn't work so well.

There shouldn't be a reason for him to struggle socially, and it's not bullying, just not clicking with tribes in a limited pool.

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DominaShantotto · 02/12/2020 09:44

My hairdresser is hugely into the junior rugby setup with coaching and her kid doing it - she seems to love it (and she's fab)

DD2 happier today as her one real friend is back - same situation here where they made cliques in nursery and don't readjust - and DD2 went to a different nursery so is always excluded. Meeting with the head today to encourage DD2 to begin to open up when she's unhappy - it won't work, the head is the sort who just clips grown adult's responses dead when they're ones she doesn't want to hear - plus ridiculous covid measures in place - but got to try.

DD2 sounds a very similar situation to your DS though - and it's shite.

Orangeblossom77777 · 02/12/2020 09:55

Just seen a post about being sad about the vaccine news because it means things will start to change and they have loved working from home etc..

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BogRollBOGOF · 02/12/2020 10:05

@Orangeblossom77777

Just seen a post about being sad about the vaccine news because it means things will start to change and they have loved working from home etc..
However will people manage when they're expected to have some personal responsibility again?

It's a good thing if businesses are more flexible about having a mix of office and WFH time, but for the majority, I don't think that having a majority WFH with little engagement with colleagues and management is a good long term move for comapany relationships and progression. We're still very much relying on old relationships formed in person. As staffing changes, that will weaken those relationships.

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Pleasedontdothat · 02/12/2020 10:07

@ISaySteadyOn

I was pleased that even some Labour MPs voted against. I didn't expect that.

And agree about red tape entirely.

@ISaySteadyOn unfortunately I think most of the Labour MPs who voted against did so because they want the whole of the UK to be under a super-strict tier 4 Shock
starfish88 · 02/12/2020 10:17

I saw that. A lot of people were freed from the 9 to 5 in a job they hate. No wonder they don't want to go back. I wonder if this will force businesses to adapt to m provide better working conditions. But there will be fewer jobs to go back to so probably not.

ISaySteadyOn · 02/12/2020 10:23

Pleasedon'tdothat, yes, I know that really. I was just hoping. They'd rather we were all welded into our houses.

When did they stop being on the side of actual liberty? It makes me sad.

bluetongue · 02/12/2020 10:30

Is it weird that I’m going to my work Christmas party even though it’s not usually my thing just because I can? If nothing else it will help support a local pub. Luckily, being in Australia and summer I won’t freeze to death (it’s in the beer garden).

rosettesforjill · 02/12/2020 10:38

I quite like working from home (lack of commute and actually seeing my husband for more than an hour a day) but there is no doubt that it's having a really negative impact on how my colleagues and I work together as a team. Too easy to send an email and get the tone wrong...

Iheartmysmart · 02/12/2020 10:40

Sorry for everyone who has an incompetent MP. I’ve just emailed mine asking him to explain his hypocrisy.
I’m fed up today. At least prior to pointless lockdown 2 I could meet a few friends for coffee and dinner but I can’t even do that now in Tier 2. Whilst I like my friends there isn’t one I’d particularly like to bubble with if that doesn’t sound too harsh. I certainly don’t mean it that way, we work better as a group if that makes sense.

NastyBlouse · 02/12/2020 10:46

Whilst I like my friends there isn’t one I’d particularly like to bubble with if that doesn’t sound too harsh. I certainly don’t mean it that way, we work better as a group if that makes sense.

I know exactly what you mean @Iheartmysmart I have a 'crew' like that as well. If we got together we'd end up monstered in the papers like those poor young'uns from Bolton or wherever it was back in the summer.

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